League standings - 1961 American League
Regular season

Wildcard
Year	Team	W	L	Pct	GB		L10	Strk	Recent	Mgc
1961	New York Mets	114	48	.704	na		7-3	L1	lwwwwlwwlw
1961	Joliet Jakes	112	50	.691	-		7-3	W1	wlwwlwwwlw	0
1961	Frankfort Frigates	85	77	.525	27		5-5	L2	llwwllwwlw
1961	Massillon Tigers	82	80	.506	30		7-3	W1	wllwwlwwww
1961	Mound City Saints	79	83	.488	33		5-5	L2	llwwlwwlwl
1961	Newark Bears	71	91	.438	41		4-6	L2	llwllwlwwl
1961	Beard Black Cats	71	91	.438	41		5-5	L2	llwlllwwww

Expanded1
Year	Team	Home	Road	Grass	Turf	vsLHP	vsRHP	Div	InterLg
1961	New York Mets	59-22	55-26	114-48		33-19	81-29	55-29	59-19
1961	Joliet Jakes	59-22	53-28	112-50		36-18	76-32	55-29	57-21
1961	Frankfort Frigates	48-33	37-44	85-77		29-14	56-63	39-45	46-32
1961	Massillon Tigers	44-37	38-43	82-80		31-20	51-60	37-47	45-33
1961	Mound City Saints	39-42	40-41	79-83		23-23	56-60	42-42	37-41
1961	Newark Bears	38-43	33-48	71-91		19-26	52-65	33-51	38-40
1961	Beard Black Cats	34-47	37-44	71-91		20-26	51-65	33-51	38-40

Expanded2
Year	Team	Lead7	Tied7	Trail7	1-run	Extra
1961	New York Mets	93-4	7-6	14-38	27-15	13-5
1961	Joliet Jakes	79-5	14-4	19-41	34-19	17-2
1961	Frankfort Frigates	71-11	6-6	8-60	24-23	9-8
1961	Massillon Tigers	64-9	11-9	7-62	25-30	7-14
1961	Mound City Saints	56-8	9-16	14-59	27-32	10-7
1961	Newark Bears	53-12	12-7	6-72	25-30	11-7
1961	Beard Black Cats	53-13	9-9	9-69	26-25	5-9